Recent content by Hmp10

I think Lucid says the car can charge at up to 300kW. However, the Lucid charging curve, which is fairly conservative, only allows charging at that level for short periods in optimum conditions, even if you can find a 350kW charger that actually works -- which is not always the case. I'm not...

Lucid uses the 5-cycle protocol for EPA testing instead of the 2-cycle protocol which yields more realistic highway range. Lucid probably did this because Tesla also uses the 5-cycle protocol, and they knew that, no matter how often they said the German luxury brands were their target, almost...

The Sapphire will have the 118-kWh pack with the Samsung batteries used in the Dream Edition instead of the 112-kWh pack with LG Chem batteries used in the Grand Touring. Lucid hasn't released EPA ratings yet, but with the wider and stickier tires, slightly greater weight, and a bit of Cd...

I was an early reservation holder for a Rivian R1T and a Lucid Air Dream Edition Performance, planning to go forward with whichever vehicle came to market first. Lucid won that race, and I took delivery of a Dream Edition P on December 31, 2021. I subsequently dropped off this forum, as I quit...

I'm in Naples and was moved to Oct/Dec.

The EPA numbers for the EQS have come in: 340 miles for the dual-motor 580 and 350 miles for the single-motor 450. Pretty paltry, in my view. I called my brother to discuss the news. The first words out of his mouth: "they could do 470 if they turned off the interior lighting."

I think the reason for that became clear with the publication of the official EPA range estimates. The EPA tested three versions of the Air, each with 19" and 21" wheels, for a total of six tests resulting in six ratings. (All six make up the six-highest EPA ratings ever awarded to an EV.)...

We took delivery of our Tesla Model S Plaid on August 21. This was to replace a 2015 Model S P90D on which the extended warranty expired. We had intended to replace the car with a Rivian R1S Launch Edition, but the additional Rivian production delay nixed that. On Monday, September 20, I was...

True that. As Tesla has shut down its PR department and does not take any questions it finds inconvenient, speculation is rife, including concern that it might have something to do with a Model S Plaid that burst into flames during a drive recently. The doors failed to release, and the driver...

A month after its release, Tesla has now suspended deliveries of the new Model S nationwide . . . without giving any specifics, as usual, other than to say it is to enable the implementation of new inspection procedures. Cars that were already in delivery centers and scheduled for customer pick...

I don't know what happened. I responded to TessP100D by hitting the "reply" button within his post #99, and the quote from his post showed up in the header to my answer. I don't know how your name got inserted into the response. Sorry for the confusion.

I was hit with another surprise when we ordered the Tesla. I knew used car prices were spiking, but I didn't understand by how much. (A friend recently bought his Nissan Kicks off lease for $13,200 and sold it two weeks later to Carvana for $19,400.) About eight months ago we were considering...

Well, the camel's back finally broke. We have been waiting through repeated delays for both our Lucid Air Dream Edition and our Rivian R1S. The extended warranty runs out tomorrow on our 2015 Tesla Model S, and we were at the Tesla service center yesterday to pick the car up from its last...

"Bear's Workshop" posted the cease and desist letter it received from Lucid. As there is construction of the Phase II factory underway on the site, Lucid is relying on an Arizona statute that limits flyover activity that could be a safety hazard to people on the ground should the drone...

Several videographers have been flying drones over Lucid's new factory in Casa Grande, AZ. However, Lucid is now taking steps to hinder the flyovers by having their security personnel challenge them. One videographer, "Bear's Workshop", tried to push back and is still using a drone, but he's...